Isililo
3:1 Ngingumuntu oye wabona ukuhlupheka ngentonga yolaka lwakhe.
3:2 Ungiholile, wangiyisa ebumnyameni, kodwa hhayi ekukhanyeni.
3:3 Impela ungiphendukele; usephendulela isandla sakhe phezu kwami konke
usuku.
3:4 Ugugisile inyama yami nesikhumba sami; uphule amathambo ami.
3:5 Wakha ngokumelene nami, futhi wangihaqa ngenyongo nemihelo.
3:6 Ungibekile ezindaweni ezimnyama, njengalabo abafa kudala.
3:7 Ungibiyele ngothango, ukuze ngingakwazi ukuphuma;
esindayo.
3:8 Futhi lapho ngikhala futhi ngimemeza, uyawuvalela ngaphandle umkhuleko wami.
3:9 Uvale izindlela zami ngamatshe abaziweyo, wagwegwisa izindlela zami.
3:10 Kimi wayenjengebhere eliqamekeleyo, nanjengengonyama endaweni ecashile.
3:11 Uphambukile izindlela zami, futhi wangidwengula, wangenza
incithakalo.
3:12 Wawunsala umnsalo wakhe, futhi wangimisa njengophawu lomcibisholo.
3:13 Wenzé imicibisholo umgodla wakhe ukuba ingene ezinso zami.
3:14 Ngaba inhlekisa kubo bonke abantu bami; nengoma yabo usuku lonke.
3:15 Ungigcwalisile ngomunyu, wangidakisa
umhlonyane.
3:16 Futhi uphule amazinyo ami ngohlalwane, futhi uye wangibekela
umlotha.
3:17 Futhi wena uwususile umphefumulo wami kude nokuthula, Ngikhohlwe impumelelo.
3:18 Ngathi: "Amandla ami nethemba lami kuphelile kuJehova.
3:19 Khumbula ukuhlupheka kwami nosizi lwami, umhlonyane nenyongo.
3:20 Umphefumulo wami usazikhumbula, futhi uthobekile kimi.
3:21 Lokhu ngikukhumbula engqondweni yami, ngakho ngiyethemba.
3:22 Kuyisihawu sikaJehova ukuthi asiqedwanga, ngoba eyakhe
uzwelo alwehluleki.
3:23 Zintsha njalo ekuseni: kukhulu ukuthembeka kwakho.
3:24 UJehova uyisabelo sami, kusho umphefumulo wami; ngalokho ngiyakwethemba kuye.
3:25 UJehova muhle kulabo abalindele kuye, emphefumulweni ofuna
yena.
3:26 Kuhle ukuba umuntu athembe futhi alinde ngokuthula
insindiso kaJehova.
3:27 Kuhle kumuntu ukuba athwale ijoka ebusheni bakhe.
3:28 Uhlezi yedwa futhi uthule, ngoba uye wathwala phezu kwakhe.
3:29 Ubeka umlomo wakhe othulini; uma kunjalo kungaba khona ithemba.
3:30 Unika isihlathi sakhe komshayayo, agcwale
isihlamba.
3:31 Ngokuba uJehova akayikulahla kuze kube phakade.
3:32 Kodwa noma ebangela usizi, nokho uyakuba nesihawu ngokuvumelana
ubuningi bomusa wakhe.
3:33 Ngoba akabahluphi ngokuzithandela, futhi akadabuki abantwana babantu.
3:34 Ukuchoboza phansi kwezinyawo zakhe zonke iziboshwa zomhlaba,
3:35 Ukuphambukisa ilungelo lomuntu phambi kobuso boPhezukonke,
3:36 Ukuhlanekezela umuntu ecaleni lakhe, uJehova akakwamukeli.
3:37 Ngubani oshoyo, futhi kwenzeka, lapho iNkosi iyale
akunjalo?
3:38 Akuphumi okubi nokuhle emlonyeni woPhezukonke?
3:39 Kungani umuntu ophilayo ekhononda, umuntu ngokujeziswa kwakhe
izono?
3:40 Masiphenye, sihlole izindlela zethu, sibuyele kuJehova.
3:41 Masiphakamisele inhliziyo yethu kanye nezandla zethu kuNkulunkulu osezulwini.
3:42 Siphambukile futhi sihlubukile, wena awuzange ukuthethelela.
3:43 Usibekele ngokuthukuthela, futhi washushisa nathi, wena wabulala, wena
awubanga nesihawu.
3:44 Uzimboze ngefu, ukuze umthandazo wethu ungadluli
ngokusebenzisa.
3:45 Usenze saba yimfucumfucu nemfucumfucu phakathi kwezizwe
abantu.
3:46 Zonke izitha zethu ziye zavula imilomo yazo ngokumelene nathi.
3:47 Ukwesaba nogibe kusehlele, incithakalo nokubhujiswa.
3:48 Iso lami ligeleza imifula yamanzi ngenxa yokuchithwa kwezizwe
ndodakazi yabantu bami.
3:49 Iso lami liyaconsa, alinqamuki, ngaphandle kokuphumula;
3:50 aze uJehova abheke phansi, futhi bheka esezulwini.
3:51 Iso lami libuhlungu inhliziyo yami ngenxa yawo wonke amadodakazi omuzi wakithi.
3:52 Izitha zami zangixosha kabuhlungu njengenyoni, ngaphandle kwesizathu.
3:53 Bakunquma ukuphila kwami emgodini, futhi baphonsa itshe phezu kwami.
3:54 Amanzi ageleza phezu kwekhanda lami; ngase ngithi: Nginqunyiwe.
3:55 Ngabiza igama lakho, O Jehova, ngisemgodleni ophansi.
3:56 Ulizwile izwi lami, ungayithumeli indlebe yakho ekuphefumuleni kwami, ekukhaleni kwami.
3:57 Wasondela ngosuku engakubiza ngalo, wathi: Yesaba.
hhayi.
3:58 O Jehova, wena wamela izindaba zomphefumulo wami; uhlengile okwami
ukuphila.
3:59 O Jehova, ukubonile ukoniwa kwami;
3:60 Uyibonile yonke impindiselo yabo futhi wonke amacebo abo ngokumelene
mina.
3:61 Uzwile ukuhlambalaza kwabo, O Jehova, futhi yonke imicabango yabo
ngokumelene nami;
3:62 Izindebe zalabo abangivukelayo, futhi amacebo abo ngokumelene nami
usuku lonke.
3:63 Bheka ukuhlala kwabo phansi nokuvuka kwabo; Mina ngiwumculo wabo.
3:64 Buyisela kubo, O Jehova, ngokuvumelana nomsebenzi wabo
izandla.
3:65 Banike usizi lwenhliziyo, isiqalekiso sakho kubo.
3:66 Bashushise futhi ababhubhise ngokuthukuthela kusukela phansi kwezulu likaJehova.